标准英音听力

Call off

You can call off a match before it starts, call off a search already in progress, or call a threatening dog off.

Can or may: Ability and permission

Cancelling a subscription

The customer cancels renewal today but keeps access until the thirtieth. Does that mean another monthly payment is due?

Catch up

Fall behind on a walk, at work or in a friendship, and catch up helps you close the gap in three different ways.

Cereal or Serial: Choose the Right Word

Changed appointment time

A caller mentions Thursday, Monday morning and Monday afternoon. Only one is the new appointment. Can you track the change?

Changed museum tour

The planned first gallery is closed, so the tour changes order and finishes in a different place. Which locations remain part of the route?

Changing a plan

A friend cannot meet at the agreed time. Can you hear why the plan changes, identify the new time, and notice how the request stays polite?

Changing a restaurant booking

The booking begins with four people at seven. By the end, both the number and time have changed, but the seating request has not.

Check English sentences: Eight clear steps

Checking a café order

A customer orders for two people, changes one ingredient, and mentions an allergy. Can you separate preference from essential safety information?

Checking a hotel bill

Breakfast appears on the bill, parking does not, and a minibar charge belongs to another room. What remains in the final total?

Chip away

A huge task may not disappear at once, but each small action can chip away at it.

Choose between at night and in the night

Choose she and I or her and me

Choose the verb that fits the subject

Choosing Between Onto and Unto

Choosing Synonyms: Pick the Best Word

Choosing an evening course

One course is cheaper and online; the other offers classroom practice but clashes with work. Which factor finally determines the choice?

Collective nouns: choose the right group

Come across

You may come across an old photograph, come across as confident, or make sure your main idea comes across clearly.

Come down with

A scratchy throat and sudden tiredness may make you say, I think I am coming down with something.

Come up with

When a problem needs a plan, a name or some money, someone has to come up with what is missing.

Commas in English: Separate Ideas Clearly